Micro Fire Starting Kit Howto
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- This is NOT a lighter! It's a much smaller emergency-use kit to start a campfire: a SPARKER with tinder, for key chain carry. Like a DIY "Spark Lite" spark generator (but a complete fire KIT because it conveniently carries ready-to-use tinder) made from an empty Mini BIC lighter. I didn't think it up, but this is the first UA-cam construction tutorial for it I know of.
This micro fire kit carries a store bought, "waterproof" Tinder Quik in its hollow handle but most people carry cotton balls mixed with petroleum jelly in these, I believe. The tinder gets me going in an emergency when I can't rustle up any other sources or when all the available sources are dripping wet from recent rain, plus it is also smaller than the Spark-Lite, has a keychain mount, and it's practically "FREE"! I carry it for emergency survival situations.
The company which sells Tinder Quiks claim it is waterproof but my limited testing suggests it really needs to dry out some before it will ignite. I only gave it a brief test though. YMMV.
Hypothermia is a leading cause of death when people get stranded unexpectedly in the wild. You can live without water for a day or two, even longer without food, but hypothermia can kill you in just hours. Being able to build a campfire in an emergency is one of, if not THE most important survival skills out there! People often only pack a thin jacket thinking they are just going for a brief hike that afternoon, only to find they twist their ankle or get lost in the middle of the woods, and once the sun sets the temperature plummets. This can be very dangerous. Carrying this tiny thing, half the size of a pen cap, may save your life some day!
Besides warmth, fires also provide light, signaling, smoke signaling, repel animal/insects, boil water to sterilize it, cook food, etc..
According to BIC a new Mini J5/J25 lighter has "more than enough sparks" for approximately 1450 successful lights.
Many people have already contacted me to suggest buying Clipper lighters because their sparker is already removable, but then where's the fun in making your own? [Plus they don't have a chamber to store tinder.]
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Hey Mike, after all these years - you are still my favorite UA-cam channel.
WOW. I am a single woman in my early 30s. I don't know much about survival but your channel is a great start. Lots of ideas on how to have a mini survival EDC kit. Thanks for the great content!
It isn't always legal to have a lighter, yet you can have a keychain when you go through checkpoints. This is an ingenious & practical means of survival opportunity at anytime.
Many thanks to the designer who cared enough to show this on You Tube for as many as want to learn.
Good points
Checkpoints? Like what, a plane? Show it to TSA and explain it's for starting a fire in case the plane crashes, and watch how fast you're on a no fly list.
@@randomgamer-st1iesome things we can't explain.
Yet, in a survival situation, at any point, the one able to start & control a fire, is king. To cook, to warm up someone via warming up a blanket, towel, socks, cap, to make fire signals, smoke signs or to keep animals away until someone comes to rescue us or, we keep on searching for a road home, to burn an infection.
Until then, whether a TSA or ignoramus, snake or scorpion (because that's their nature) gets benefited from our wisdom, we'll keep on preserving & benefiting all on our ways, until we reach our liberation by rescue of the most High!
@@randomgamer-st1ienotice your own words. "To start a fire after a plane crashes". Seriously, say a plane literally crashes, some of us survive it, because it hit water, or a tree in the wild and some of us made it. Now we run to avoid an explosion, yet, guess what?
Say none of us has one sparking maker? What are we to do, to make a fire?
1-Preserve the one we have. The plane is in flames. We shall get enough wood, set it on fire, keep them on fire until we get another source of spark, another source of starting a fire from scratch with absolutely no fire.
2-Keep some metal of the plane. Aluminum some times gets mixed with magnesium. Magnesium is flammable. If we get no fire but some sparks, against some burred off of the metallics of the plane, we spark them, they may start a fire.
3-Learn today several ways to start fires, by friction of wood vs wood, wood vs wood with a roll of cotton with ashes rolled with the cotton, or minute rag or some threads from jeans cut made like a little cotton ball, rubbed in between two boards, it may start a fire. There are several methods to start a fire we mag be in trouble if we just mentioned them. Learn all you can.
4-Hunt, fish something, stay quiet. You don't want to be pulled over in the wild while in a survival situation by a TSA, a police, a ward, a fishing license undercover, FBI, CIA, Secret Service unable to protect a POTUS trying to save America while guaranteeing another jailed survivalist locked up just because he's someone that can't contain himself seeing another normal human being trying to serve God, ouf neighbors and, even to his enemies.
Take care! May you remain free!
I know you don't make as much new content as you used to MeZillch. But do know that your videos, old and new, are absolutely awesome. Yours aren't just good ideas about specific things. You demonstrate an ethos of resourceful inventiveness; of seeing utility and multiple uses in items most of us think of as disposable or single function. I came back to this particular video because I found a dead Bic lighter while walking along a country road. I thought: "MeZillch had a way to make this into an emergency fire starting kit. I should find that old YT video and try it out." Just wanted you to know that your videos continue to inspire. They have real staying power and are appreciated even years after they were initially viewed.
Hey Thanks!
Some of your videos I cant comment on my brother. Thank you for posting.
This is really fun! Thank you.
A small ranger band might be a nice addition. Use the tinder-quick to light it and it will burn for a long time.
I always have a small blade, and a small piece of the band impaled on a twig works well to light a fire when it's damp.
Burning rubber is the most obnoxious smell in the world but I suppose in an emergency we may have to put up with such things.
@@MeZillch For some reason, I haven't noticed the smell.
Thanks for your reply.
I have to tell you this is simply amazing. Thank you for breaking down how to and the info on making as well as the using of this tool. Subbed and heading to more of your videos now! 👍🏼
Thanks. Tell your friends.
A nano all weather waterproof firestarting kit. Awesome!
Thanks Annie. I'm glad you get it. I can't believe how many "Won't a cigarette lighter accomplish the same thing?" comments there are.
Tus videos son increiblemente ispiradores. Disfruto ver todos tu inventos. Muchas gracias por compartir y dedicar de tu tiempo para crear estos vídeos tan curiosos.
Cool. I love your channel unlike most survival channels I watch yours is dedicated to altoids tins and DIY which I find brilliant as your kits are awesome and your DIY works and saves a heck of a lot of space. Cheers
Thanks, Moose!
It was a pain but I actually managed to do this without removing the wheel
That's one good way to be sure the little ferro rod and spring don't go sailing across the room! Good job.
They make tiny strikers with flint in them using the same method with cotton balls and petroleum jelly.. It was actually in the survival kits of pilots during Vietnam..
I like how its all DIY and multitools for what he used
This is awesome! Gonna give it a try tomorrow morning. Thanks!
Or you can get a zippo, fill it with extra flints and not do any work. Plus, it's much more durable, with easy parts replacement. Much more room for tinder. Or a regular bic. Use it with fuel. If it runs out, cut the bottom off, stuff it with vaseline, tip it with some cotton, then duct tape it shut. Now you have flame, tinder, firestarter, and cordage. And can carry it easily on a keychain.
You carry a zippo lighter on your keychain? You don't find that kind of heavy?
@@MeZillch
Funny 😢😂😅
Some flints & sand paper, two fingers, aim lints.
I've been subbed to your channel for about 2 yrs now and just recently caught one of your videos again. And due to your well thought out and well presented information, I've been hooked on watching quite a few videos in a row. Thank you for your time and effort putting all of these together.
Also, one quick thing I noticed. You have no ads on your channel.(I hate ads) but I also believe your time is worth something. At least make some money from your UA-cam videos and get paid for advertisements.
All the best.
Cheers from down under. Melbourne, Australia 🍻🇦🇺
Thanks! I'm not here to make money but rather to share ideas with others and my only reward is seeing my viewership increase so tell your friends, please. thnx
AH-MAZIN! 😀👍 I shared in a group I follow based on survival! And now I'm subbed! 😊 👍 Thanks for the share! Keep up the great work
Thanks.
And I appreciate the share to the survival group you mentioned.
@@MeZillch no problem 😊 👍 anything we can learn that can benefit us in any survival or emergency situations is a plus! 😊 👍 Thanks again for the upload!
Hello!I look whit pleasure many of your videos.I love your patience and inventivity.
Cheers from Romania :)
P.S. In the emergency kits I like to carry also some cash
I personally keep my key ring minimalist with just 3-4 keys, and hooked to a small pepper spray so I have a quick and effective defense tool when I'm most vulnerable (while opening/locking main house door). Where I live (PH), due to the constantly high humidity it's just way better to bring a lighter or two all the time instead of any kind of fire starter that doesn't have readily combustible fuel in/on it. Because of this I always have a mini BIC in the car and in all my bags and pouches - big and small alike. I prefer this kind of redundancy to relying on one survival kit that could get misplaced, stolen, lost or left behind in the event of the kind of emergency that causes people to run in a panic (terrorist attack, domestic or international unannounced breakout of war, instant natural disasters that require evacuation such as a flash flood, flash fire, earthquake, etc.)
I've been a survival instructor for 5 years sometime ago, and I've lit fires and taught students the same using many different techniques, and I really have say it here that using any sort of firestarter without readily combustible fuel is a big waste of time and energy, and these two are super precious things if and when a true survival situation arises. Even ferrocerium rods and magnesium firestarters fail to work when ambient humidity hits 90% or more. Heck, when it's that humid, it truly is a skill in itself to find dry enough tinder and kindling material, in the woods or in an evacuation center. A gas lighter has an adequate amount of fuel to dry combustible but damp material. Maybe the appeal of your contraption lies in its novelty, especially for most people who haven't tried tropical bushcraft in their lives, but in my experience, in the absence of a gas lighter or stove, you'd do well to have one of these - a piston firestarter (can ignite a small, reasonably dry piece of clothing without the use of a consumable part such as a flint; compact and can be EDC'd in a bag but practically useless dead weight most of the time), a rope lighter if you actually bring and use rope in the jungle (as we did before; still uses flint, and not advisable for EDC as it's useless too for regular daily tasks), or - and this I recommend as EDC - a small 5x plastic fresnel lens. The last one is even useful for many tasks beside starting fires, it's cheap, and it doesn't even have to be in your survival kit - you can have one in every bag as well as in your wallet.
Cool vid yo!
4:45 that tape roll is dope
I still belive that having brand new cheap disposable lighter is the best survival tool ever made... you just have it with you in your kit and do not try to be smarter...
I agree a full size survival kit should have a lighter but I like to design MICRO kits that are so small I can carry them 24/7/365 on my keys so making everything as small and light as possible is useful.
But what if you're at a no lighter zone and need an ultra micro device to sneak in, ...
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The trouble is DB, I don't think there would be many places left during an apocalypse that would be open to sell them, and if you don't smoke your unlikely to be carrying one (unless you know something we don't? C'mon fess up, when's it happening?)
Come to think of it, an apocalypse could be used as a pro-smoking campaign lol... " Always check before you go out! Survival gear, food, water, first aid kit, mutant attack deterrent, tinder/cigarettes/LIGHTER!" See smoking can be good for you!
@@phallca I don't smoke, but I have a lighter in my car for burning the statements that my credit union prints out for me everytime I make a withdrawal or deposit.
A really good idea I just had, that twisted wire sticking out just leave it to stick tinder on it so it catches every spark
sounds good
It may catch/snag in pocket carry though
Yee boi it is
Wonderful. Thanks
cool idea for repurposing old lighters. nice vid. handy sparker.
This is awesome! I've been trying to figure out a method of fire starting I can leave in my car altoids tin that would be better than a matchbook!
Nothing beats a full size, reliable lighter, however this device is markedly smaller and lighter. . . ha-ha, "lighter".
Used barrels swivel from fishing reduces stress . And for your cans Velcro straps
In India the lighters already have a removable spark creator and it's very handy
Great production! May I ask what's in the aluminum rod container?
At 11:19 I show a Maratac AAA flashlight. I assume that's what you mean?
Nice video thanks for sharing. Bic the most common lighter you might come Across in my region
in survival scenario, I worry if it's too small and easy to drop when someone loses touch in their fingers - still for bushcraft trips, its perfect
Any chance that cut down lighter fits into the Sharpie marker top? Just like the handle for hacksaw blade, make for easier use. Now why did I throw away all those empty lighters and sharpies?
This is really good content. Subscribed.
I subbed. 👍🏽 great content!
Very nice idea!
Question: There are these lighters with an electric starter. Do you think they are useful for making something small and practical for edc, urban or survival?
(And I don't mean the smallest possible electric shocker😉)
Best regards DisDar
I know the type you mean but they only make a single, tiny spark, rather than a small shower of many, so I suspect they would be much harder to light tinder, but who knows?
My son is trying to follow your videos thank you for posting he’s asking where do you put the feroserium rod? Sorry idk how to spell that correctly
The Ferro rod stays where it came from: on top of the spring in the tube under the rotating wheel it presses against due to that spring.
I you get a chance, try a round Clipper lighter. This brand allows you to pull out the wheel and ferro rod as a working assembly to use as a sparker and it is very slender. Also these Clippers are refillable. Nice video Thx.
Thanks. Several people have suggested that and I finally found one. For some reason they aren't as common where I live. Everything you said is true but I like the fun of making my own gear plus this version stores some tinder in the base so it is more of a complete kit.
@@MeZillch Hi, it is a great video. How do you solve that the tinder does not fall out from the pocket?
@@greenseamussel8018 The tinder is packed in very tightly so the friction holds it in, so tightly a key or other device may be needed to extract it.. Although tinder needs to be fluffy and airy when ignited I store it in this sparker device condensed, compressed, more like a dense, solid plug.
*Awesome channel.*
_(I've said this 3 times in 17 years.)_
Thanks! Especially seeing as how rarely you say that.
UA-cam has only been around for 12 years, but nice try. ;)
I think for full size lighter better will be a pair of regular lighter and this kit in one body. Maybe lighter with flashlight is useful for this idea. Flashlight goes to waste and it's space is filled with tinder.
Low key great asmer
I like your video
Fire is an important factor for survival
Why do you need to remove the spark wheel and then replace it? Is there a problem with just leaving the wheel where it is?
Great question. It's been six years since I fiddled with this but if I remember correctly the reason you need to fully dismantle it is because you want to remove the unnecessary red butane release button and the spring underneath it [maybe even more? I forget.] to minimize size and bulk. [Remember the goal is how small and light can it be made for your keys, although I'd agree these removed parts are trivial in mass.] These parts are difficult or impossible to remove without full disassembly.
It's also important to remove the metal spark spray guard so that you can get a robust, wide spark spray which you don't with the guard in place. Since this metal part also holds/supports the plastic yoke that holds the wheel, the paper clip is added to replace the reinforcement the metal guard once provided.
Geniale,complimenti.
That is one of a smart idea! Really like the way you do the vid using survival kit and tools, that's very nice and brilliant of you. There's one thing though that I was shocked and very disappointed; what about the plastic filling??? Tss, tss, tss...
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does that really cool hacksaw trick you do work with wood?
Hacksaws in general are best for plastic and metal and little short hacksaws really only work for small objects. They sort of work on wood, I think, but are not ideal and would take a long time.
I’d say if you’re going off into the woods and you don’t “remember” to take a little tiny lighter along with you, you probably forgot something else too.
For people like me, who don't smoke, the idea to carry a pocket lighter seems bizzare. Obviously in an ideal world we perpetually carry a survival kit in our pocket, 24/7/365, but most people balk at the bulk and weight so THEY DON'T. The purpose of this tiny device, you perpetually carry on your keys, is you are always capable of starting a fire every time ou leave your house, assuming you can have your keys on you and can find fuel to burn.
Oo.. Question !
Why u need a small lighter to start, if finally u cut it off.
Great video dude
Thanks.
How do you get so many dislikes your.amaziiiing
Thanks. I have two theories: A. People think I'm talking credit for thinking this up even though others have done it before me [and I state that] B. People expect to see a flame throwing lighter based on the thumbnail image and despite explaining upfront that's not what this is, they still blame me for "deceiving" them. Oh well.
? You're amazing. You're welcome :)
I got a nice collection of empty bic lighters
I'm sure that someday I may regret not taking this video seriously but I think I'll take the money I could have made during the time it took to watch this video and buy a few more lighters to stash away. In addition I watched Sooch try to use one of these the other day and he had quite a time holding and sparking it at the same time, looks too small for me too. Thanks.....
Oops, sorry just got back to the realization that this is about micro sized gear. So... there comes a point where the items you may choose are just too small for average folks to manipulate successfully, which makes them useless. So everyone needs to judge and adapt these items for them selves and their own dexterity level. For myself, I think the smallest sparker/lighter I could manipulate would be the 1/2 size bic. Maybe wrap it in a foot or so of waxed jute twine, a wide ranger band holding it together and then sealed with a single length wise wrap of duct tape pinched together around the edges to seal it. The duct tape done this way so that 1it can be simply cut or torn open, as when cold or with cold fingers, multiple wraps of tape are tough to get open. That would give you a pretty small water tight package with spark, gas and 3 types of tinder. Not micro size but small enough to have a few stashed around in different places.
The best videos are the ones that get my thinking, thanks again.
Lighters, especially full size ones instead of mini ones, are much easier to use but personally I refuse to carry one on my EDC keychain due to its bulk. Fingers crossed, I will never have occasion to use this device: just like a life vest it is for emergency use ONLY.
@@MeZillch well we all have to make certain comprises, my key ring is already to full of keys to think even consider adding anything more. It's funny though, that after stopping smoking over a year ago I still get comfort from carrying a full size lighter in my front pocket snuggled in with a pocket knife. I'll admit that many times the lighter is merely fidget toy, but I do use it enough to keep it close.
I don’t know how to empty the butane from the lighter
It is a strong spring but the lighter button can be held down to leak out all the butane, OUTDOORS, by taping it down for maybe half an hour or so, with some non-flexible tape (so NOT duct tape). Clear tape should work and don't skimp because that spring is strong!. Obviously do not breathe it in nor dispense the gas near an ignition source nor pets, kids, etc..
Thanks
pulling the flint and spring is takes more time, and there is a chance it's hard to return the flint and spring, yes and I guessed bic is more precise to use than cheaper and low quality lighters, I still can't light a Vaseline cotton ball by this time but I'm still trying to make fire, thank you for the idea
The Vaseline, or other oil, increases the burn time, which helps you get a fire going, but the ignition is due to the dry, airy hair-like structure of the cotton ball. Don't add too much oil or you soak the fibers and when "wet" they don't light as easily. Leave one side of the cotton ball dry, puff it up so it is filled with air (like cotton candy) and that side should light.
You know it’s funny, because they make lighters that are round and you can remove the striker
You are probably thinking of the brand "Cricket" which are rare in my area,. They also don't have a pocket to carry tinder so it would not be a complete fire starting kit, just a sparker.
@@MeZillch I understand but placing your tinder beside the striker would be the same space, but still loved it
Why did you zip past the part where you replace the flint...it's the hardest part of the whole process...just wondering why you didn't show that part in detail.
This video is over 11 minutes long. If I showed everything at normal speed instead it would have been over half an hour, which is objectionably long such that many people would have passed it by. Select UA-cam's slow motion option while the video is playing in "Settings" if you wish to watch any part in greater detail.
An alternate method for this step, not shown, is to hold the spring and/or flint w/ spring down in place with the side tip of a small keychain-sized knife blade (such as the Victorinox Classic Swiss Army knife) with one hand while you re-insert the wheel with your other hand. Holding the lighter in a vise as you do this may also help since it gives you a "third hand".
Yes the part where you replaced the spring and flint then reattached the wheel...thanks I'll try that...slow motion ?
For slow motion: While a video is playing and in motion hit the gear wheel in the lower right below the UA-cam image, called "settings" to select "speed" and then a slower playback such as half speed or one quarter speed.
Thanks I've done it before about 5 years ago but remember how hard it was...always looking for an easier way
There is a even better smaller sparker,
Its called a clipper lighter and you can pull the flint and wheel out of the lighter with the flint and spring all together,
Plus with the clipper lighter you can refill the lighter
Lots of people have mentioned this. Clippers are rare where I live but I finally got one and indeed the sparker extracts-. Nice-, but there's no pocket to store tinder so it is not a complete "fire starting kit".
@@MeZillch there is , just cut the bottom half off the clipper off and store tinder in the bottom .
@@roberttravistext5091 With that kind of bulk I'd just assume carry a complete lighter.
Clipper lighters are cheap and have a self contained sparkler when taken apart
They aren't as prevalent where I live and the sparker does not contain a storage pouch for tinder so they aren't a complete "fire kit".
I would just take the insert out of a clipper lighter.
Several have mentioned that. There's no storage compartment for a Tinder Quik though, plus you aren't making anything so where's the fun it that? :)
Tape it to a 3/4 inch peice of pen tube or a large drinking straw. Job done! You could also just tape the tinder (wrapped in clingfilm) straight to it.
You are right though, it is fun to make stuff and my suggestion wouldn`t make much of a video.
Very good creativity but why not just keep a small Bic lighter in a slightly larger box?
My primary use is actually for my keychain and the smaller the better.
Nice. Mine are even smaller.
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I would have just went with the brand new lighter. It probably weighs less than the kit (tin and contents).
Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to buy a $1.39 small bic and save it for an emergency?
The concept is to be tiny enough to carry on a keychain 24/7/365. A mini BIC is a tad too big for that IMHO.
The metal casing that is taken off first has nothing to do with how the wheel sits inside of the two pieces that hopd I, t you must have bent it or it must have went in crooked.
I haven't finished yet so maybe the paperclip has another part to okay but for that it shouldn't be needed lol.
The metal part which is removed blocks much of the spark spray so even if you're right that it doesn't help keep the wheel in place and prevent the yolk from splaying, it is best to remove it.
Can u add the guard instead of the paper clip
The guard is bad because it greatly reduces the spark spray. Thanks for your question though.. . .Maybe the guard would work if you drill a large hole in its front? Not sure.
whats the best way to get the fuel out?
Knife tip or small key. A band of tape could also be looped behind it when inserted to help with pulling it out as a single slug, acting as a quick release tab.
One hand kit. I'd like to see someone take that quick tinder out with one hand. open it and fluff it and light it
It is a super tiny, "free", one handed spark generator you make yourself from an empty BIC, with an emergency stash of tinder stored internally if you need it, an optional keyring mount, and the kit comes with no wood for the fire. A traditional ferro rod takes two hands to generate sparks and does not contain any emergency supply of tinder. Sorry I couldn't fit that all into the title so you feel duped.
@@MeZillch what if you get little piece of plastic or something like that, connect it with dental floss which ends will be easy accessable out of tinder storage. Put it at tinder bottom, then tinder and fix ends of floss with a duct tape to the BIC body or to the keyring. So if you pull the floss ends the tinder will go out without any trouble or other tool
@@itroom1615 Yes, sounds like a good idea to help with the extraction of the tightly packed tinder! Thanks.
Or you could just carry a Zippo, pull out a bit of the fluid soaked batting in the base and start a fire
Did you ever heard about Clipper lighters?!?
Many people have brought that up. They aren't that common where I live plus there's no storage pocket for a stash of tinder in the extract-able part.
Pinch and insert deep.. I always do
But such a small thing is not easy to use too, when it is cold or something.
Why bother, the BIC lighters are small enough as is and you lost two-thirds of the fuel.
You carry a BIC lighter on your keys? No? I know why: the size. This thing is MUCH smaller 0:24
Why not buy a tiny lighter that uses fluid and flints you can refill instead of taking space with something that will run out of fuel and the flint will fail. You can find reusable micro lighter thru many sources. Yes your modification may work, but, man, really..whats the point?? For the price of a Bic, you could have one you can refill.
Personally I think a lighter, even a Mini BIC or a small Clipper, is too big/bulky to carry on my keys, especially since I suspect I will never have occasion to ever use it. As explained in the first sentence of the notes, this is meant for emergency use only, say if I need to start a fire in an unexpected survival situation.
@@MeZillch
Plus…you “up cycled” it for a 2nd life that may save your life right??!!??
I dont think you know what the word "bash" means
it is a synonym for smash which can be defined as "to break or crush by violence" and "(US) To deform through continuous pressure.
To be destroyed by being smashed."
i have a small lighter 4cm tall 2 cm wide 1cm thick ,this would work better
At this point why not just carry a lighter😂😂😂
A lighter is kind of big and heavy for a keychain. This isn't.
Wtf. "Trying to start a fire using a firesteel and striker using just one hand would be nearly impossible".
You just put a rock with sharp edge, a knife or anything with an edge, on the floor and block it with your foot. And you scrap your firesteel on it. Done.
In very cold conditions, with big gloves, it's even more easier than your small bic ;)
On the "floor"? Aren't you, in this scenario, stuck in the woods, where you are cold, wet, tired, have at least one injured hand, and it's dark? If its so "easy" to do this why are there no videos depicting it on UA-cam?
I will temper my comments. Your micro kit could be nice as a complement to the firesteel. It's a DIY SOL Fire Lite Sparker & Tinder Module. But it's not more resilient than the kinder egg + firesteel combo, that's all.
Cheers
why not just use a new mini bic lighter
They are bigger and heavier. The goal is to make the keychain as light as possible.
MeZillch
How are you this video was wow in that time
Thank you
@@MeZillch plus people throw them away when they are out of fluid so it's repurposing. Also you still can get a fire started when they are empty.
do not use the cheap 1 dollars lighters that don't work as well as the Bic ones
Always wondered if that might be the case. Thanks!
man stop it is not a yolk
Yoke: "a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yoke
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Cool! Thumbs up. Fiddly! Thumbs down. ;-)
Or you can use the lighter
This is lighter than a lighter hence better for key chain carry.
Yep, you could. Probably even should. But he's showing you a way to make fire even if that lighter runs dry. And the real genius of this video is that the essentials of the ferro-cerium spark mechanism can be stripped down to a tiny apparatus that can be attached to your key chain. So you'll always have it with you even if you inadvertently left the larger, fully functional lighter at home.
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Or....you could save yourself a lot of time and effort both up front and when you try to make a fire by just getting yourself a real survival kit. That thing would be useless in the slightest wind or rain.
Because ALL ferro rod sparking devices are "useless in the slightest wind or rain" or all rotary thumb wheel sparking devices are?
Pretty much all sparking devices are useless in the rain, in wet conditions you are far better off with a survival match or something similar. In the wind, a proper fire steel would be far better than a little lighter sparker as the large shower of sparks is far better than the pittance that a lighter flint makes. The long and short of it is when you are in a true survival situation trying to survive until rescue or escape can be made....you would be far better off with even the cheapest of proper survival gear than a carved up lighter. The potential loss of heat, clean water, safe food, and even the moral that a fire provides is not worth cheaping out on.
Strange how BIC sells 5 million lighters daily [2009 BIC data], using the same rotary sparking device, considering how they are, to quote you, "useless" in rain/wind. I guess people don't smoke outdoors on such days. www.bicworld.com/BIC-Annual-Report-2009/
Gay dude 5000p
Waist of time!!!
Waist of time? The only waist of time here is your dumbass comment because this is better than a normal lighter that'll eventually run out of fuel.
@@VoidX17 I think better will be a pair of regular lighter and this kit in one body. Maybe lighter with flashlight is useful for this idea. Flashlight goes to waste and it's space is filled with tinder
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